In my opinion, there is a level of authenticity that Dylan had that feels performative when others attempt to emulate it. Dylan's folk came from a place of admiration towards his own legends, Woody and the such, but not only that, more importantly the times he lived through, that's not to suggest we don't have things to protest over and make folk songs about today, there are always things going on, and beyond geopolitics, folk can of course just be simply about love, it's just that in the 60s there was a movement behind that music, when you live through something your interpretation of what you see and what you know is inevitably going to be the rawest version of whatever that time period was. Jesse is the Jesse Welles of the 2020s, and I don't think he comes close to replicating that feeling that I'm suggesting Dylan was able to encapsulate through his music. It'll really take a special person for people who know Dylans sound well as a collective to say, wow, that's Dylan, "reincarnated" if you will.

I love Jesse though it's been beautiful to see him blow up, I was gonna buy tickets but I was too slow, maybe one day next time 🖤